Meaning of DISCOURAGE
| Pronunciation: | | di'skurij
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- [v] admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior; "I warned him not to go too far";"I warn you against false assumptions"; "She warned him to be quiet"
- [v] try to prevent; show opposition to; "We should discourage this practice among our youth"
- [v] deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged
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| | Synonyms: | | admonish, deter, monish, warn |
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| | Antonyms: | | encourage | | |
| | See Also: | | advise, cast down, counsel, deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress, disapprove, dishearten, dismay, dispirit, get down, intimidate, put off, reject, restrain, thwart | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Dis*cour"age\ (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Discouraged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discouraging}.] [Pref. dis- +
courage: cf. OF. descoragier, F. d['e]courager: pref. des-
(L. dis-) + corage, F. courage. See {Courage}.]
1. To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress
the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; --
the opposite of encourage; as, he was discouraged in his
undertaking; he need not be discouraged from a like
attempt.
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest
they be discouraged. --Col. iii.
21.
2. To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to
seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from; as, they
discouraged his efforts.
Syn: To dishearten; dispirit; depress; deject; dissuade;
disfavor.
\Dis*cour"age\, n.
Lack of courage; cowardliness.
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